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🔥 Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
AI's math capabilities are improving, with OpenAI's o3 scoring 25% on a challenging dataset, but true innovation remains elusive.
🔥 Show HN: Llama 3.3 70B Sparse Autoencoders with API access
Llama 3.3 70B Sparse Autoencoders introduces API access but faces navigation timeout issues.
🔥 Offline Reinforcement Learning for LLM Multi-Step Reasoning
OREO enhances LLM multi-step reasoning using offline reinforcement learning, outperforming existing methods in complex tasks.
Show HN: Experiments in AI-generation of crosswords
AI techniques are enhancing crossword generation, combining traditional methods with modern AI for improved quality and creativity.
Prosecutors in Washington State Warn Police: Don't Use Gen AI to Write Reports
Washington State prosecutors caution police against using generative AI for report writing, citing reliability concerns.
Generative AI still needs to prove its usefulness
Generative AI's hype fades as it struggles with accuracy and profitability, raising doubts about its long-term viability.
How can we take claims of AGI seriously if it can't even order a pizza?
The author argues for the development of Personal AI to enhance daily life, highlighting its challenges, like ordering a pizza.
xAI raises $6B Series C
xAI secures $6B in Series C funding to enhance AI infrastructure and launch innovative products, partnering with top investors.
Gemini Deep Research
Gemini introduces Deep Research for efficient online research and the experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash for enhanced AI performance.
Show HN: Shortest, a natural language AI-powered testing framework
Shortest is an AI-driven testing framework that enables QA through natural language, simplifying end-to-end testing.
Building AI Products–Part I: Back-End Architecture
A startup's journey from an AI assistant to a developer platform, focusing on back-end architecture and agent design for scalability.
OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, advanced reasoning models achieving record scores, set for public testing and research access.
Show HN: Convert podcasts to newsletters with Gemini (FREE)
Podcast2Newsletter automates converting podcasts to newsletters by downloading, transcribing, summarizing, and formatting content.
Training Software Engineering Agents and Verifiers with SWE-Gym
SWE-Gym introduces a novel environment for training software engineering agents, achieving state-of-the-art results on SWE-Bench.
Show HN: BitTorrent-style LLMs come to Kalavai
Kalavai introduces BitTorrent-style LLMs, enabling users to deploy and fine-tune models on consumer devices through a community pool.
Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate
The generative AI hype bubble is deflating, revealing lasting harms to the environment, labor, and information integrity.
Exploring LoRA – Part 1: The Idea Behind Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning
LoRA introduces parameter-efficient fine-tuning for large models, using low-rank adapters to reduce computational costs and storage.